Is Blizzard an evil hate machine or are people just idiots?

I'll keep this as short and sweet as I can.


Today, Blizzard announced on their European World of Warcraft forums an official release date for their newest expansion Cataclysm. The release date is set for December 7th, 2010. Full official announcement can be found here:

http://eu.blizzard.com/en-gb/company/press/pressreleases.html?101004

Now this might not seem like that big of a deal if you're not a gamer. Usually it wouldn't be that big of a deal unless you actually played World of Warcraft. What might seem like a big is that Pearl Harbor was attacked on December 7th, 1941. Surely there is no correlation between Blizzard releasing a new product and a tragic historical event right? WRONG! Browse the American WoW forums and there will likely be between 2 or 3 posts raising a stink about the coincidental release date. If you have sandy privates or twisty knickers, prepare to blow a gasket. There is absolutely nothing wrong with release a product on December 7th. There never will be a problem with releasing a product on December 7th either. 


Normally this wouldn't bother me for two reasons: 1) I don't play WoW anymore and 2) Blizzard isn't trying to be malicious or evil by releasing it on that particular date. What does bother me is the fact that idiots, mostly trolls, think they're being clever by throwing a huge fuss about this. What REALLY bothers me the most though is that the arguments boil down to "It's a national holiday!" (it's not) and "It's wrong!" (again, it's  not). If the knuckle dragging mouth breathers would put more than five seconds of thought into it...well they'd still be annoying and need to dust off their junk. 


Please, for the love of all things holy, if you feel the urge to be offended over something of no consequence do one of the following:

1. Shove a sock in your mouth
2. Use your brain and remember Blizzard isn't an evil hate machine of a corporation
3. Burn your computer
4. Take five minutes to do something else and relax before you melt your brain with big words
5. Use your brain to realize it's coincidental more than anything and not a slight on the people who died

I'm not saying you should forget about everyone who died in the attack on Pearl Harbor, quite the opposite. When December 7th finally rolls around, take a moment to remember. Kind of like you would do on any other day a major historical event incurred a tragic loss of life.


That is all.